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Hillstream Catfishes
Subfamily SISORINAE Bleeker 1858
Ayarnangra Roberts 2001 Ayar-, contraction of Ayeyar-, referring to Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River basin, Myanmar, where A. estuarius is endemic; Nangra, sisorid genus with which it is most superficially resembles
Ayarnangra estuarius Roberts 2001 from aestuarius, scientific Neo-Latin for estuarine, known only from large tidal rivers
Bagarius Bleeker 1853 tautonymous with Pimelodus bagarius Hamilton 1822 (see species)
Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton 1822) derived, per Hamilton, from vaghari, Bengali name for this catfish in India; other regional names include baghari, baghaar, baghar, bihar and vaghair
Bagarius lica Volz 1903 apparent latinization of lika, Malay name for this catfish in Sumatra
Bagarius rutilus Ng & Kottelat 2000 Latin for red, golden red or reddish yellow, referring to orange fins in life and to type locality (Red River, Vietnam)
Bagarius suchus Roberts 1983 from soúchos (Gr. sοῦχος), ancient name for a crocodile, referring to how its overall appearance, and especially its teeth, are reminiscent of a crocodile (Tyson R. Roberts, pers. comm.)
Bagarius vegrandis Ng & Kottelat 2021 Latin for little or diminutive (authors sat “not very large”), referring to its small body size (up to 215.8 mm) compared with congeners
Caelatoglanis Ng & Kottelat 2005 caeltus (L.), engrained in relief, referring to distinct thoracic adhesive apparatus and plicate upper lip; glanis, ancient name for a silurid catfish (probably Silurus aristotelis) dating to Aristotle, often used as a general term for catfish
Caelatoglanis zonatus Ng & Kottelat 2005 Latin for belted or girdled (i.e., banded), referring to yellow and brown bands on body
Conta Hora 1950 tautonymous with Pimelodus conta Hamilton 1822 (see species)
Conta conta (Hamilton 1822) derived, per Hamilton, from Khongta, a local Bengali name for this catfish in India (also known as Kutkanti
Conta pectinata Ng 2005 Latin for raked or combed, referring to comb-like appearance of anteriorly directed serrae on anterior edge of pectoral spine
Erethistes Müller & Troschel 1849 etymology not explained, possibly erethízein (Gr. ἐρεθίζειν), to irritate, and –istḗs (Gr. -ιστής), suffix indicating an agent with a specific profession or trait, one who irritates (e.g., the porcupine genus Erethizon), referring to strong and serrated dorsal- and pectoral-fin spines of E. pusillus
Erethistes filamentosa (Blyth 1860) Latin for filamentous, referring to long filament extending from upper segment of caudal fin
Erethistes hara (Hamilton 1822) presumably a local Bengali name for this catfish in India
Erethistes horai (Misra 1976) in honor of Indian ichthyologist Sunder Lal Hora (1896–1955), Zoological Survey of India, whose figured example (1950) of H. hara probably served as the basis of this species
Erethistes jerdoni (Day 1870) patronym not identified but clearly in honor of British physician-naturalist Thomas Caverhill Jerdon (1811–1872), who described many fishes from India
Erethistes koladynensis (Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2009) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Koladyne River, Lawntlai District, Mizoram, India, where it is endemic
Erethistes longissima (Ng & Kottelat 2007) Latin for very long, referring to its relatively long caudal peduncle
Erethistes mesembrina (Ng & Kottelat 2007) Latin for southern, the southern-most of all Hara (now Erethistes) species
Erethistes minuscula (Ng & Kottelat 2007) Latin for rather small, referring to its small size (up to 46.7 mm SL)
Erethistes nareshi (Mahapatra & Kar 2015) in honor of the “renowned” Indian ichthyologist Naresh Chandra Datta (1934–2018), former Professor and Head of the Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta
Erethistes pusillus Müller & Troschel 1849 Latin for very small, presumably referring to its size (described at 5 cm)
Erethistes spinulus (Ng & Kottelat 2007) diminutive of spina (L.), thorn, referring to its short dorsal-fin spine
Erethistoides Hora 1950 –oides, Neo-Latin from eī́dos (Gr. εἶδος), form or shape: Erethistes, “allied [to that genus] in most respects” but with a strongly depressed snout and a unique arrangement of serrations along leading margin of pectoral-fin spine
Erethistoides ascita Ng & Edds 2005 Latin for foreign or strange (i.e., different), referring to unusual pattern of serration on anterior edge of pectoral spine
Erethistoides cavatura Ng & Edds 2005 Latin for a hollow or cavity, referring to its large eyes and nostrils
Erethistoides infuscatus Ng 2006 Latin for darkened or obscured, referring to its dark-brown coloration
Erethistoides longispinis Ng, Ferraris & Neely 2012 longus (L.), long; spinis, from spina (L.), thorn, referring to its relatively long dorsal-fin spine compared with congeners
Erethistoides luteolus Ng, Ferraris & Neely 2012 diminutive of luteus (L.), yellow, i.e., yellowish, referring to presence of yellow in its color pattern, a chief diagnostic feature
Erethistoides montana Hora 1950 Latin for of or pertaining to mountains, referring to its occurrence in torrential mountain “streamlets” of Nepal and India
Erethistoides pipri Hora 1950 named for Pipri, Mirzapur District, Uttar Pradesh, India, type locality
Erethistoides senkhiensis Tamang, Chaudhry & Choudhury 2008 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Senkhi stream, Arunachal Pradesh, India, type locality
Erethistoides sicula Ng 2005 Latin for a little dagger, referring to its short pectoral-fin spines
Erethistoides vesculus Ng, Ferraris & Neely 2012 diminutive of vescus (L.), small, thin or feeble, referring to relatively small dorsal- and pectoral-fin spines
Gagata Bleeker 1858 tautonymous with Pimelodus gagata Hamilton 1822 (see species)
Gagata cenia (Hamilton 1822) presumably a local Bengali name for this catfish in India
Gagata dolichonema He 1996 dolichós (Gr. δολιχός), long; nḗma (Gr. νῆμα), thread, referring to longer maxillary barbels compared with G. gagata
Gagata gagata (Hamilton 1822) local Bengali name for this catfish in India
Gagata itchkeea (Sykes 1839) Marathi vernacular for this species in India, which, as Sykes explained in 1841, he adopted “so that naturalists who travel the country can always obtain” the species
Gagata melanopterus Roberts & Ferraris 1998 mélanos (Gr. μέλανος), genitive of mélas (μέλας), black; pterus, from pterón (Gr. πτερόν), wing or fin, referring to blackened (at least distally) dorsal, anal, pectoral and pelvic fins
Gagata pakistanica Mirza, Parveen & Javed 1999 –ica (L.), belonging to: Pakistan, where it is endemic to the Indus River drainage
Gagata rhodobarbus Bhakat & Kumar Sinha 2019 rhódon (Gr. ῥόδον), rose; barbus (L.), beard, referring to its rosy red barbels
Gagata sexualis Tilak 1970 Latin for sexual, only member of genus known at time of description known to be sexually dimorphic
Glyptothorax Blyth 1860 glyptós (Gr. γλυπτός), engraved; thṓrax (Gr. θώραξ), breast or chest, referring to adhesive apparatus on thorax with grooves parallel or oblique to the longitudinal axis of the body
Glyptothorax alaknandi Tilak 1969 of Alaknanda River, Pauri Garwhal, Uttar Pradesh, India, type locality
Glyptothorax amnestus Ng & Kottelat 2016 latinizedfrom ámnistos (Gr. ἀμνηστος), forgotten, referring to its having been misidentified for more than 170 years
Glyptothorax anamalaiensis Silas 1952 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, India, type locality
Glyptothorax annandalei Hora 1923 in honor of British zoologist-anthropologist Thomas Nelson Annandale (1876–1924), Director, Indian Museum (Calcutta), who collected holotype
Glyptothorax armeniacus (Berg 1918) –icus (L.), belonging to: Upper Armenia (now present-day Turkey), where type locality (Mukhlassi-darasi River, Upper Euphrates River system) is situated
Glyptothorax ater Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2011 Latin for black, referring to its dark body
Glyptothorax botius (Hamilton 1822) presumably a local Bengali name for this catfish in India
Glyptothorax brevipinnis Hora 1923 brevis (L.), short; pinnis, Neo-Latin adjective of pinna (L.), fin, i.e., finned, referring to longest ray of dorsal fin, “considerably” shorter than length of body and shorter than similar ray on G. annandalei
Glyptothorax buchanani Smith 1945 in honor of A. R. Buchanan, Borneo Company, Ltd., who in 1935 made “small but valuable collections of fishes from the Mechem [in northern Thailand] and various tributaries thereof, from which no fishes had previously been obtained for scientific purposes”
Glyptothorax burmanicus Prashad & Mukerji 1929 –icus (L.), belonging to: Upper Burma (now Myanmar), where type locality (Sankha stream, Myitkyina District) is situated
Glyptothorax callopterus Smith 1945 callo-, from kállos (Gr. κάλλος), beauty; pterus, from pterón (Gr. πτερόν) or ptéryx (πτέρυξ), fin, presumably referring to attractive colorations of fins: dorsal (black with a narrow white edge and a median white bar), caudal (reddish brown with small black spots, white lobes and a white U-shaped area), anal (white with a blackish-brown base and brown spot on median part of anterior rays), ventral (white), and pectoral (whitish, obscurely mottled with light and dark brown on upper surface)
Glyptothorax caudimaculatus Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2011 cauda (L.), tail; maculatus (L.), stained or spotted, referring to oval blue-black spot on caudal-fin base and/or V-shaped dark-brown band on tail
Glyptothorax cavia (Hamilton 1822) presumably a local Bengali name for this catfish in India
Glyptothorax chimtuipuiensis Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2010 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Chimtuipui River, Mizoram, India, type locality
Glyptothorax churamanii Rameshori & Vishwanath 2012 in honor of Churamani (also known as Lalchharliana, no other information available), for “immense help” in the collection of this species
Glyptothorax clavatus Rameshori & Vishwanath 2014 Latin for furnished with nails (authors say “with points or prickles”), referring to its tuberculate skin
Glyptothorax conirostris (Steindachner 1867) conus (L.), from kṓnos (Gr. κῶνος), cone; rostris, Neo-Latin scientific adjective of rostrum (L.), snout, referring to its rounded snout
Glyptothorax coracinus Ng & Rainboth 2008 latinization of korakînos (Gr. κορακῖνος), like a raven, referring to its dark coloration
Glyptothorax cous (Linnaeus 1766) etymology not explained, presumably a local Syrian name for this catfish
Glyptothorax daemon Freyhof, Kaya, Abdullah & Geiger 2021 from daímōn (Gr. δαίμων), spirit or evil spirit (or “ghost,” per the authors), referring to its cryptic behavior, i.e., how it is always hiding in deep substrate (Jörg Freyhof, pers. comm.)
Glyptothorax dakpathari Tilak & Husain 1976 of Dakpathar, District Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh, India, where type locality (Yamuna River, below Barrage) is situated
Glyptothorax davissinghi Manimekalan & Das 1998 in honor of the late Davis Franc Singh, Senior Scientist, Sálim Ali Center for Ornithology and Natural History, who was the “brain” behind for the survey that collected type and for 10-plus years fish and fish-habitat conservation work in the Western Ghats of India
Glyptothorax decussatus Ng & Kottelat 2016 Latin for “divided crosswise in the form of an X,” referring to dark vertical mark at base of caudal fin, which is shaped like an irregular cross
Glyptothorax deqinensis Mo & Chu 1986 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Dequin County, Yunnan Province, China, type locality
Glyptothorax dikrongensis Tamang & Chaudhry 2011 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Dikrong River, Arunachal Pradesh, India, type locality
Glyptothorax distichus Kosygin, Singh & Gurumayum 2020 di-, two; stichus, line or row, referring to two broad, longitudinal stripes on body
Glyptothorax dorsalis Vinciguerra 1890 Latin for of the back, referring to elevated dorsal fin, its height greater than height of body
Glyptothorax elankadensis Plamoottil & Abraham 2013 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Elankad, Idukki district, Kerala, India, type locality
Glyptothorax exodon Ng & Rachmatika 2005 éxō (Gr. ἔξω), outer or external; odontos, Latinized and grammatically adjusted from the Greek nominative ὀδούς (odoús), tooth referring to its exposed premaxillary teeth
Glyptothorax famelicus Ng & Kottelat 2016 Latin for hungry, starved or famished, referring to its very slender body and caudal peduncle (Heok Hee Ng, pers. comm., etymology missing from published description)
Glyptothorax filicatus Ng & Freyhof 2008 Latin for adorned with ferns, referring to frond-like arrangement of skin ridges on thoracic adhesive apparatus
Glyptothorax fokiensis (Rendahl 1925) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Fokien (now Fujian) Province, China, type locality
Glyptothorax forabilis Ng & Kottelat 2017 Latin for “that which may be pierced” or vulnerable, referring to its conservation status (very limited distribution threatened by hydropower and agriculture)
Glyptothorax fucatus Jiang, Ng, Wang & Chen 2012 Latin for painted or colored, referring to unusual color pattern of sides (ventrally becoming paler immediately below lateral line)
Glyptothorax fuscus Fowler 1934 Latin for dark or dusky (Fowler said brown), referring to its body coloration
Glyptothorax garhwali Tilak 1969 of Pauri Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh, India, type locality
Glyptothorax giudikyensis Kosygin, Singh & Gurumayum 2020 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Giudiky stream, near Langpram village, Tamenglong District, Manipur, India, type locality
Glyptothorax gopii Kosygin, Das, Singh & Chowdhury 2019 in honor of Koottala Chakkappan Gopi, retired from the Zoological Survey of India, for his contribution to Indian ichthyology
Glyptothorax gracilis (Günther 1864) Latin for thin or slender, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to its head, “rather longer than broad”
Glyptothorax granosus Jiang, Ng, Wang & Chen 2012 Latin for full of grains, referring to appearance suggested by prominent tubercles in juveniles
Glyptothorax granulus Vishwanath & Linthoingambi 2007 unnecessarily masculinized spelling of granulum (L.), a mall grain, referring to granules evenly distributed across entire body except head (which is plain)
Glyptothorax hainanensis (Nichols & Pope 1927) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Hainan Island, China, where it is endemic
Glyptothorax heokheei Singh, Chowdhury, Gurumayum & Kosygin 2023 in honor of Heok Hee Ng, National University of Singapore, for his “valuable” contributions to the taxonomy and systematics of Asian catfishes
Glyptothorax honghensis Li 1984 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Hong River basin, Yunnan Province, China, type locality
Glyptothorax horai (Fowler 1934) in honor of Indian ichthyologist Sunder Lal Hora (1896–1955), Zoological Survey of India, in appreciation of his “valuable” paper on Thai fishes in 1923
Glyptothorax housei Herre 1942 in honor of Mr. E. N. House, manager of the Puthutotam Estate, “to whose hospitality and generous assistance the success of [Herre’s] brief visit to the Anamallai Hills [type locality, Pollachi District, southern India] is due”
Glyptothorax igniculus Ng & Kullander 2013 Latin for a little flame, referring to lanceolate, flame-shaped central depression in thoracic adhesive apparatus
Glyptothorax indicus Talwar 1991 –icus (L.), belonging to: presumably referring to India (type locality in northern Bengal) or to the Indian subcontinent (also occurs Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan) [replacement name for G. horai Shaw & Shebbeare 1936, secondarily preoccupied by G. horai (Fowler 1934)]
Glyptothorax interspinalum (Mai 1978) inter (L.), between; spinalum (scientific Neo-Latin), spinule, referring to 5–6 spinules between dorsal and adipose fins
Glyptothorax irroratus Ng & Kottelat 2023 Latin for covered with dew (i.e., besprinkled with drops or particles), referring to irregular tuberculation on sides of body and caudal peduncle
Glyptothorax jalalensis Balon & Hensel 1970 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, type locality
Glyptothorax jayarami Rameshori & Vishwanath 2012 in memory of ichthyologist Kottore Chidambaram Jayaram (1926–2011), Zoological Survey of India, for his “substantial contribution” to Indian ichthyology
Glyptothorax kailashi Kosygin, Singh & Mitra 2020 in honor of Kailash Chandra, Director, Zoological Survey of India, for his contribution to the study of the faunal diversity of India
Glyptothorax kashmirensis Hora 1923 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Kashmir Valley, India, type locality
Glyptothorax keluk Ng & Kottelat 2016 Malay word meaning curve, referring to convex dorsoposterior margin of adipose fin
Glyptothorax ketambe Ng & Hadiaty 2009 named for the Ketambe research station, northern Sumatra, type locality, which is world-renowned as a site for the study of the Sumatran Orangutan Pongo abelii
Glyptothorax kudremukhensis Gopi 2007 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Kudremukh National Park, Western Ghats, India, type locality
Glyptothorax kurdistanicus (Berg 1931) –icus (L.), belonging to: Kurdistan, Iran, type locality
Glyptothorax lairamkhullensis Devi, Linthoingambi & Singh 2023 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Lairam Khullen Village, Manipur, India, type locality
Glyptothorax lampris Fowler 1934 from lamprós (Gr. λαμπρός), radiant, brilliant or shining (Fowler said handsome), referring to its “striking and contrasted coloration”
Glyptothorax lanceatus Ng, Jiang & Chen 2012 Latin for made into a lance, referring to its narrow thoracic adhesive apparatus, which vaguely resembles the tip of a lance
Glyptothorax laosensis Fowler 1934 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Laos (which Fowler defined as “Siam,” now Thailand), where type locality (Bua Yai, Mekong River drainage) is situated, but also occurs in Laos (and China)
Glyptothorax lonah (Sykes 1839) Marathi vernacular for this species in India, which, as Sykes explained in 1841, he adopted “so that naturalists who travel the country can always obtain” the species
Glyptothorax longicauda Li 1984 longus (L.), long; cauda (L.), tail, said to have the longest caudal peduncle in the genus
Glyptothorax longinema Li 1984 longus (L.), long; nḗma (Gr. νῆμα), thread, referring to long nasal barbels, reaching beyond the orbit
Glyptothorax longjiangensis Mo & Chu 1986 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Longjiang River, Tengchong County, Yunnan Province, China, type locality
Glyptothorax maceriatus Ng & Lalramliana 2012 Latin for enclosed or walled in, referring to central depression in the thoracic adhesive apparatus, which is almost completely enclosed by skin ridges
Glyptothorax macromaculatus Li 1984 macro-, from makrós (Gr. μακρός), long or large; maculatus (L.), blotched, referring to saddle-like vertical bands or blotches on sides
Glyptothorax madraspatanus (Day 1873) presumably latinization of Madrasapattinam (Madras Town), precursor to Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India, type locality
Glyptothorax major (Boulenger 1894) Latin for greater, presumably referring to larger size (13 cm) compared with other Akysis (original genus, ~4.5 cm) known at the time
Glyptothorax malabarensis Gopi 2010 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Malabar, an older name for the region of northern Kerala, India, where it is endemic
Glyptothorax manipurensis Menon 1955 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Manipur State, Assam, India, type locality
Glyptothorax medogensis Chen & He 2024 –ensis, suffix denoting place: Medog County, Tibet, where type locality (Yarlung Tsangpo River, Xirang Village, Medog County) is situated
Glyptothorax mibangi Darshan, Dutta, Kachari, Gogoi & Das 2015 in honor of Tamo Mibang, Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University (Doimukh, India), “whose patronage has continually been extended to freshwater-fish research and conservation” in the Eastern Himalayan region of India, where this catfish occurs
Glyptothorax minimaculatus Li 1984 mini-, from minutus (L.), little or small; maculatus (L.), spotted, referring to many black spots on sides and caudal fin
Glyptothorax motbungensis Premananda & Singh 2023 -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Motbung, Senapati District, Manipur, India, where type locality (Imphal River) is situated
Glyptothorax nelsoni Ganguly, Datta & Sen 1972 in honor of Philip R. Nelson (1918–2008), Chief, Branch of Inland Fisheries, U. S. National Marine Fisheries Service, Washington, D.C. (USA), “for his kind visit to our laboratory as well as for encouragement”
Glyptothorax ngapang Vishwanath & Linthoingambi 2007 local Manipuri name for this catfish in India
Glyptothorax nieuwenhuisi (Vaillant 1902) in honor of Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis (1854–1953), Dutch medical officer, ethnographer and explorer, who traveled extensively in Borneo and collected holotype
Glyptothorax obliquimaculatus Jiang, Chen & Yang 2010 obliquus (L.), oblique; maculatus (L.), blotched (but authors say name is a noun), referring to oblique blotches scattered along lateral surface
Glyptothorax pallens Mousavi-Sabet, Eagderi, Vatandoust & Freyhof 2021 Latin for pale, referring to its pale color
Glyptothorax pallozonus (Lin 1934) pallidus (L.), pallid or pale; zonus, Neo-Latin adjective of zona (L.), band, referring to white band along lateral line
Glyptothorax panda Ferraris & Britz 2005 referring to its color pattern, which reminded the authors of the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) of China
Glyptothorax pantherinus Anganthoibi & Wishwanath 2013 Latin for panther-like, referring to its “prominent mottled skin”
Glyptothorax pasighatensis Arunkumar 2016 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Pashighat, East Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India, type locality
Glyptothorax pectinopterus (McClelland 1842) comb-finned, from pecten (L.), rake or comb, and pterus, from pterón (Gr. πτερόν) or ptéryx (πτέρυξ), fin, possibly referring to transverse striations on pectoral and ventral fins
Glyptothorax pedunculatus Roberts 2021 Latin for peduncled, referring to its “exceptionally slender” caudal peduncle, the slenderest in the genus
Glyptothorax pictus Ng & Kottelat 2016 Latin for colored or painted, referring to its distinctive color pattern among Sundaic congeners except for G. decussatus, featuring prominent dark vertical bars at level of adipose-fin base and base of caudal fin (Heok Hee Ng, pers. comm., etymology missing from published description)
Glyptothorax platypogon (Valenciennes 1840) platýs (Gr. πλατύς), flat; pṓgōn (Gr. πώγων), beard, presumably referring to the shape of its barbels but this character is not mentioned
Glyptothorax platypogonides (Bleeker 1855) –oides, Neo-Latin from eī́dos (Gr. εἶδος), form or shape: G. platypogon, to which it is “very closely related” (translated)
Glyptothorax plectilis Ng & Hadiaty 2008 Latin for plaited or complicated, referring to complex pattern of striae on adhesive apparatus
Glyptothorax pongoensis Tenali & Singh 2024 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Pongo Forest, Nagaland, India, type locality
Glyptothorax poonaensis Hora 1938 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Poona tributary if Bhima River, Maharashtra, Mumbai State, Western Ghats, India, type locality
Glyptothorax porrectus Ng & Kottelat 2017 Latin for stretched out or extended, referring to its elongate, thin body
Glyptothorax prashadi Mukerji 1932 in honor of Indian zoologist Baini Prashad (1894–1969), Superintendent, Zoological Survey of India, “for his kindness in reading through [Mukerji’s] manuscript”
Glyptothorax primusplicae Shangningam & Laishram Kosygin 2023 primus (L.), first; plicae, plural of plica (L.), a fold or ridge of tissue, the first species of Glyptothorax having plicae on the ventral surfaces of paired fins in the Chindwin-Irrawaddy River drainage
Glyptothorax prionotos Ng & Kottelat 2023 prīonōtós (Gr. πριονωτός), “made like a saw” or serrated, referring to serrated (vs. smooth) posterior margin of dorsal spine, a major diagnostic character
Glyptothorax punjabensis Mirza & Kashmiri 1971 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Punjab, Pakistan, where it appears to be widely distributed (also occurs in India)
Glyptothorax punyabratai Tenali, Sarkar, Chandran & Singh 2024 in honor of Punyabrata Das, founding director of the ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (Lucknow, India), for his “significant” contributions to fisheries research
Glyptothorax quadriocellatus (Mai 1978) quadri-, from quattuor (L.), four; ocellatus (L.), having little eyes (ocelli) or spots, referring to four white spots on black body (although description indicates there are six: in front of and behind adipose fin, in front of dorsal fin, behind eyes, in front of and behind anal fin)
Glyptothorax radiolus Ng & Lalramiliana 2013 diminutive of radius (L.), ray or rod, referring to its narrow, elongate appearance
Glyptothorax rara Chen & He 2024 Latin for rare, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to its limited known area of occurrence: Xirang Village, Medog County, Tibet, below the main stream of the Brahmaputra River
Glyptothorax robustus (Boeseman 1966) Latin for of oak or oaken and, by extension, hard, firm or solid (but often used by ichthyologists to mean fat or stout), referring to its “very robust” body, “Very stoutly built”
Glyptothorax rugimentum Ng & Kottelat 2008 ruga (L.), wrinkle or crease; mentum (L.), chin, referring to unculiferous skin ridges on gular region
Glyptothorax rupiri Kosygin, Singh & Rath 2021 in honor of forest officer Rupir Boli, Forest Department, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, India, for his help in collecting specimens during the senior author’s survey of Arunachal Pradesh
Glyptothorax saisii (Jenkins 1910) patronym (assuming it is a one) not identified, nor can identity be inferred based on available information
Glyptothorax sardashtensis Jokar, Kamangar, Ghaderi & Freyhof 2023 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran, type locality (also location of a memorial for the victims of a chemical attack in the area on 28 June 1987)
Glyptothorax schmidti (Volz 1904) in honor of geologist Carl Schmidt (1862–1923), Basel University (Switzerland), to whom Volz owed his “trip around the world” (translation)
Glyptothorax scrobiculus Ng & Lalramliana 2012 Latin for a little ditch or trench, referring to diagnostic presence of furrow running along entire length of ventral surface of pectoral spine
Glyptothorax senapatiensis Premananda, Kosygin & Saidullah 2015 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Senapati district, Manipur, India, type locality
Glyptothorax siangensis Singh, Kosygin, Rath & Gurumayum 2023 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Siang River, Arunachal Pradesh, India, type locality
Glyptothorax silviae Coad 1981 in honor of Coad’s wife Sylvie, for her assistance with field work in Iran under “trying conditions”
Glyptothorax sinensis (Regan 1908) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Sinica (China), the first Chinese Glyptothorax to be described
Glyptothorax steindachneri (Pietschmann 1913) in honor of Austrian colleague, ichthyologist Franz Steindachner (1834–1919)
Glyptothorax stibaros Ng & Kottelat 2016 stibarós (Gr. στιβαρός), stout or sturdy, referring to its relatively deep body (when compared to caudal peduncle depth)
Glyptothorax stocki Mirza & Nijssen 1978 in honor of carcinologist Jan Hendrik Stock (1931–1997), Institute of Taxonomic Zoology, Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam
Glyptothorax stolickae (Steindachner 1867) in honor of Moravian paleontologist Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838–1874), who collected holotype (and that of G. conirostris, described in same paper) [spelled stoličkai by Steindachner but caron is deleted per ICZN Art. 32.5.2.1 but some authors incorrectly emend spelling to “stoliczkai”; although named after a man, “ae” is an acceptable way to form a genitive from nouns that end in “a”]
Glyptothorax strabonis Ng & Freyhof 2008 Latin for one who squints, referring to its small eyes (6.2–6.5% HL)
Glyptothorax striatus (McClelland 1842) Latin for furrowed or grooved, referring to “striated sucker on the breast”
Glyptothorax sufii Asghar Bashir & Mirza 1975 in honor of S. M. K. Sufi, “one of the pioneer ichthyologists of Pakistan”
Glyptothorax sykesi (Day 1873) in honor of Col. William Henry Sykes (1790–1872), English ornithologist and army officer in India, who brought his collection of Indian fishes to the British Museum in 1831, including holotype of this one
Glyptothorax telchitta (Hamilton 1822) presumably a local name for this catfish in Bengal (now Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal) and the Indian state of Bihar
Glyptothorax trewavasae Hora 1938 in honor of British ichthyologist Ethelwynn Trewavas (1900–1993), British Museum of Natural History, who helped Hora distinguish some of the fishes described in his paper based on specimens at the British Museum
Glyptothorax trilineatus Blyth 1860 tri– (L.), three; lineatus (L.), lined, referring to three longitudinal yellow lines, one along entire ridge of back from occiput to base of tail, the others along the lateral line
Glyptothorax vatandousti Jouladeh-Roudbar, Ghanavi & Freyhof 2023 in honor of Saber Vatandoust (Azad Islamic University of Babol), for his contributions to the taxonomy of fishes in Iran; he was also the ichthyology professor of the first author
Glyptothorax ventrolineatus Vishwanath & Linthoingambi 2006 ventro-, ventral; lineatus (L.), lined, referring to light mid-ventral band
Glyptothorax verrucosus Rameshori and Vishwanath 2012 Latin for warty, referring to dense tuberculations on the body
Glyptothorax viridis Shangningam & Kosygin 2023 Latin for green, referring to uniformly green body color in life
Glyptothorax waikhomi Rameshori and Vishwanath 2012 in honor of Indian ichthyologist Waikhom Vishwanath (b. 1954), Manipur University (Canchipur, India), “showing reverence” for his contribution to the freshwater fish diversity of northeast India
Glyptothorax yuensis Shangningam & Kosygin 2022 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Yu River, Chindwin-Irrawaddy basin, Myanmar, type locality
Glyptothorax zanaensis Wu, He & Chu 1981 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Zana, Nujiang (upper Salween River) drainage in Tibet, type locality
Glyptothorax zhujiangensis Lin 2003 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Zhujiang (Pearl) River system, China, where it appears to be endemic
Gogangra Roberts 2001 replacement name for Gangra Roberts & Ferraris 1998, preoccupied in Lepidoptera: go-, meaning not explained; Gangra, hybrid word coined from Gagata and Nangra, referring to the two genera in which G. viridescens had been placed
Gogangra laevis Ng 2005 Latin for smooth, referring to gently curved (vs. distinctly notched) anteroventral margin of opercle
Gogangra viridescens (Hamilton 1822) viridis (L.), green; –escens (L.), becoming, i.e., greenish, presumably referring to glossy greenish-brown and/or 2–3 light-green bars across back
Nangra Day 1877 tautonymous with Pimelodus nangra Hamilton 1822 (see species)
Nangra assamensis Sen & Biswas 1994 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Assam, India, type locality
Nangra bucculenta Roberts & Ferraris 1998 Latin for full-cheeked, referring to its “relatively expanded” cheeks
Nangra nangra (Hamilton 1822) presumably a local Bengali name for this catfish along the Kosi River in India
Nangra ornata Roberts & Ferraris 1998 Latin for decorated or embellished, referring to bold spots on caudal peduncle and dorsal-fin base
Nangra robusta Mirza & Awan 1973 Latin for of oak or oaken and, by extension, hard, firm or solid (but often used by ichthyologists to mean fat or stout), allusion not explained and a curious choice since it is described as “slim-bodied” and “small-sized” (perhaps the name refers to its longer snout compared with N. nangra?)
Pseudolaguvia Misra 1976 pseudo-, from pseúdēs (Gr. ψεύδης), false, i.e., although this genus may superficially resemble several “closely allied” genera, including Laguvia (=Erethistes), such an appearance is false
Pseudolaguvia assula Ng & Conway 2013 Latin for a splinter, referring to uniform brown coloration, “which imparts the appearance of a small piece of wood to the fish, for which it could be easily mistaken by the untrained eye”
Pseudolaguvia austrina Radhakrishnan, Sureshkumar & Ng 2011 Latin for southern, being the southernmost species of the genus on the Indian subcontinent
Pseudolaguvia ferruginea Ng 2009 Latin for rust-colored, referring to its reddish-brown color, particularly when alive
Pseudolaguvia ferula Ng 2006 Latin for a rod, referring to its terete head and body, which makes it considerably narrower than congeners
Pseudolaguvia flavida Ng 2009 Latin for golden-yellow, referring to its coloration in life
Pseudolaguvia flavipinna Bhakat 2019 flavus (L.), yellow; pinna (L.), fin, referring to yellow tip on dorsal fin
Pseudolaguvia foveolata Ng 2005 Latin for minutely or slightly pitted, referring to large median depression in thoracic adhesive apparatus
Pseudolaguvia fucosa Ng, Lalramliana & Lalronunga 2016 Latin for painted or colored, referring to its color pattern, which includes more pale spots and stripes than most congeners
Pseudolaguvia inornata Ng 2005 Latin for undecorated or unadorned, referring to absence of pale markings on sides
Pseudolaguvia jiyaensis Tamang & Sinha 2014 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Jiya stream, near Bolik village, Arunachal Pradesh, India, type locality
Pseudolaguvia kapuri (Tilak & Husain 1975) in honor of Indian entomologist A. P. Kapur, Director, Zoological Survey of India
Pseudolaguvia lapillicola Britz, Ali & Raghavan 2013 lapillus (L.), pebble; -cola (L.), dweller or inhabitant, referring to the substrate of its habitat, including gravel and rounded stones
Pseudolaguvia magna Tamang & Sinha 2014 Latin for great, the largest known species of the genus (up to 47 mm SL)
Pseudolaguvia meghalayaensis Lokeshwor & Marak 2022 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Meghalaya, India, where type locality (confluence of Rongkil and Rongdal streams) is situated
Pseudolaguvia muricata Ng 2005 Latin for rough with short hard points or tubercles (like the spiny shell of a Murex snail), referring to its elongate dorsal- and pectoral-fin spines
Pseudolaguvia nepalensis Rayamajhi, Arunachalam & Usharamalakshmi 2016 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Nepal, where it is endemic to the Rapti River drainage, upper Ganges River basin
Pseudolaguvia nubila Ng, Lalramliana, Lalrongungo & Lalnuntuanga 2013 Latin for cloudy, referring to relatively mottled appearance of some individuals
Pseudolaguvia permaris Vijayakrishnan, Praveenraj & Mishra 2023 Latin for “by the sea,” referring to proximity of type locality to the Bay of Bengal (~50 kms)
Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi (Hora 1921) in honor of entomologist Sydney H. Ribeiro, Zoological Survey of India, who collected holotype
Pseudolaguvia shawi (Hora 1921) in honor of government quinologist (one who grows cinchona trees for quinine, an early antimalarial) and naturalist G. E. Shaw, who collected holotype
Pseudolaguvia spicula Ng & Lalramliana 2010 diminutive of spica (L.), point or spike, referring to its relatively short dorsal- and pectoral-fin spines compared with many congeners
Pseudolaguvia tenebricosa Britz & Ferraris 2003 Latin for full of darkness or gloom, referring to its brown-to-almost-black body color
Pseudolaguvia tuberculata (Prashad & Mukerji 1929) Latin for warty or tuberculate, referring to minute tubercles thickly covering entire body
Pseudolaguvia vespa Praveenraj, Vijayakrishan, Lima & Gurumayum 2021 Latin for wasp, referring to the alternating chrome-yellow and brown stripes on the body, resembling a wasp
Pseudolaguvia virgulata Ng & Lalramliana 2010 Latin for striped, referring to narrow, pale longitudinal stripes on flanks, a diagnostic feature
Pseudolaguvia viriosa Ng & Tamang 2012 Latin for robust and strong, referring to its relatively deep, robust body and long fin spines compared with many congeners
Sisor Hamilton 1822 presumably a local name in Bengal (now Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal), and the Indian state of Bihar
Sisor barakensis Vishwanath & Darshan 2005 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Barak River, Brahmaputra River drainage, Manipur, India, where it is endemic
Sisor chennuah Ng & Lahkar 2003 local name for this species in Assam State, India, where it is endemic to the Brahmaputra River drainage
Sisor pakistanicus Javed & Mirza 2011 –icus (L.), belonging to: Pakistan, referring to type locality and nationality of its first collector
Sisor rabdophorus Hamilton 1822 rhábdos (Gr. ῥάβδος), rod or wand; phorus, from phoreús (Gr. φορεύς), bearer or carrier, referring to its first caudal-fin ray, “in form of a whip or rod”
Sisor rheophilus Ng 2003 rhéos (Gr. ῥέος), stream, current or rushing stream; phílos (Gr. φίλος), fond of, referring to its habitat: swift-flowing rivers with sandy bottoms
Sisor torosus Ng 2003 Latin for muscular or brawny (Ng says stout), referring to its relatively deep body
Asian Sucker Catfishes
Subfamily GLYPTOSTERNINAE Gill 1861
Barbeuchiloglanis Li, Dao & Zhou 2022 barba (L.), beard, referring to longer maxillary and mandibular barbels compared with Chimarrichthys, Creteuchiloglanis and Pareuchiloglanis; Euchiloglanis (=Chimarrichthys), a generic name used for a group of Glyptosterninae
Barbeuchiloglanis feae (Vinciguerra 1890) in honor of Italian explorer and zoologist Leonardo Fea (1852–1903), who collected holotype [although named after a man, “ae” is an acceptable way to form a genitive from masculine nouns that end in “a”]
Chimarrichthys Sauvage 1874 cheimárrous (Gr. χειμάρρους), torrent, referring to occurrence of C. davidi in a swift-flowing (perhaps intermittent) stream in eastern Tibet; ichthýs (Gr. ἰχθύς), fish [genus often given as Euchiloglanis Regan 1907, an unneeded replacement name for Chimarrichthys, not preoccupied by Cheimarrichthys Haast 1874 in fishes]
Chimarrichthys davidi Sauvage 1874 in honor of Armand David (1826–1900), Lazarist missionary Catholic priest and biologist, who collected many specimens in China, including holotype of this one
Chimarrichthys kishinouyei (Kimura 1934) in honor of the late Kamakichi Kishinouye (1867–1929), fisheries biologist, Tokyo Imperial University, who led party that collected holotype (and died of a sudden illness shortly after its capture)
Chimarrichthys longibarbatus (Zhou, Li & Thomson 2011) longus (L.), long; barbatus (L.), bearded, referring to its long maxillary barbel, with tip reaching beyond gill opening
Chimarrichthys longus (Zhou, Li & Thomson 2011) Latin for long, referring to long body and long caudal peduncle
Chimarrichthys nami (Tran, Nguyen, Dang, Nguyen & Nguyen 2023) in honor of the “young ichthyologist and our best friend” Chu Hoang Nam
Creteuchiloglanis Zhou, Li & Thomson 2011 cret-, from cretus (L). separated or distinguished, referring to features shared with, as well as distinguished from, Euchiloglanis (=Chimarrichthys) and Pareuchiloglanis
Creteuchiloglanis arunachalensis Sinha & Tamang 2014 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India, where type locality (Pange River at Aro-Lenching) is situated
Creteuchiloglanis brachypterus Zhou, Li & Thomson 2011 brachýs (Gr. βραχύς), short; pterus, from pterón (Gr. πτερόν) or ptéryx (πτέρυξ), wing or fin, referring to its shorter pectoral, pelvic and caudal fins compared with congeners
Creteuchiloglanis bumdelingensis Thoni & Gurung 2018 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary, Bhutan, type locality
Creteuchiloglanis gongshanensis (Chu 1981) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Gongshan County, Yunnan Province, China, type locality
Creteuchiloglanis kamengensis (Jayaram 1966) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Kameng Frontier Division, Arunachal Pradesh, India, type locality
Creteuchiloglanis longipectoralis Zhou, Li & Thomson 2011 longus (L.), long; pectoralis (L.), pectoral (of the breast), referring to long pectoral fin, which extends beyond pelvic-fin origin
Creteuchiloglanis macropterus (Ng 2004) large-finned, from makrós (Gr. μακρός), long or large, and pterus, from pterón (Gr. πτερόν), fin, referring to its long adipose fin
Creteuchiloglanis nuthemuensis Sarkar, Tenali, Chandran & Singh 2024 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place but here referring to people: nuthemu, vernacular name of Sherdukpen, an ethnic group of Arunachal Pradesh, India, where this catfish occurs, in “respect for their immense support during the present fish explorations”
Creteuchiloglanis payjab Darshan, Dutta, Kachari, Gogoi, Aran & Das 2014 local name for this catfish in Memba, a colloquial speech of the native ethnic group in Arunachal Pradesh, India, where it occurs
Creteuchiloglanis tawangensis Darshan, Abujam, Wangchu, Kumar, Das & Imotomba 2019 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Tawang District, Arunachal Praeesh, India, where type locality (Tawangchu River) is situated
Exostoma Blyth 1860 éxō (Gr. ἔξω), outer or external; stóma (στόμα), mouth, referring to lips of E. berdmorei and E. labiatum, “reflected and spread continuously round the mouth, so as to form a broad flat sucker”
Exostoma barakense Vishwanath & Joyshree 2007 –ense, Latin suffix denoting place: Barak River drainage, Manipur, India, where it is endemic
Exostoma berdmorei Blyth 1860 in honor of the late Major Hugh Thomas Berdmore (1811–1859), Madras Artillery, Assistant to the Commissioner and in charge of the forests’ office, who collected or provided holotype
Exostoma chaudhurii (Hora 1923) in honor of Indian ichthyologist B. L. Chaudhuri (d. 1931), Assistant Superintendent, Indian Museum, who reported this catfish as E. vinciguerrae in 1919
Exostoma dhritiae Singh, Kosygin, Gurumayum & Rath 2022 in honor of entomologist Dhriti Banerjee (b. 1970), Director of the Zoological Survey of India (the first female director of the Survey, founded in 1916), for her contribution to knowledge of the fauna of India
Exostoma dujangense Shangningam & Kosygin 2020 –ense, Latin suffix denoting place: Dujang stream at Dutuwl, draining to the Chakpi River, Chandel District, Manipur, India, type locality [originally spelled dujangensis, emended to agree with neuter genus]
Exostoma dulongense Luo & Chen 2020 –ense, Latin suffix denoting place: Dulongjiang River, upper Irrawaddy basin, Yunnan, China, type locality [originally spelled dulongensis, emended to agree with neuter genus]
Exostoma effrenum Ng & Vidthayanon 2014 Latin for unbridled, referring to adipose fin distinctly separate from upper principal caudal-fin rays
Exostoma ericinum Ng 2018 Latin for of a hedgehog, referring to its strongly tuberculate head, predorsal region and pectoral fins, imparting a spiky appearance
Exostoma gaoligongense Chen, Poly, Catania & Jiang 2017 –ense, Latin suffix denoting place: Gaoligong Mountain, where type locality (Baihualing Village, Mangkuang Township, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province, China) is situated
Exostoma kottelati Darshan, Vishwanath, Abujam & Das 2019 in honor of Swiss ichthyologist Maurice Kottelat (b. 1957), for his “outstanding” contribution to Asian freshwater ichthyology
Exostoma labiatum (McClelland 1842) Latin for lipped, referring to its multilobate lips, “reflected and spread continuously around the mouth, so as to form a broad flat sucker”
Exostoma laticaudatum Arunkumar 2020 latus (L.), wide or broad; caudatum (L.), tailed, referring to short and deep caudal peduncle [originally spelled laticaudata, emended to agree with neuter genus]
Exostoma mangdechhuense Thoni & Gurung 2018 –ense, Latin suffix denoting place: Mangdechhu River, Bhutan, type locality [originally spelled mangdechhuensis, emended to agree with neuter genus]
Exostoma peregrinator Ng & Vidthayanon 2014 Latin for one who travels about, referring to its distribution, which represents first record of genus east of Salween River drainage of Thailand
Exostoma sawmteai Lalramliana, Lalronunga, Lalnuntluanga & Ng 2015 in honor of Sawmtea (Vanalalmalsawma), field assistant to first author, who assisted in collecting specimens
Exostoma sectile Ng & Kottelat 2018 Latin for cut or cleft, referring to distinct incision or notch at posterior extremity of adipose-fin base
Exostoma sentiyonoae Shangningam & Limatemjen 2024 in honor of Miss Sentiyono, the “lovely” daughter of the second author
Exostoma stuarti (Hora 1923) in honor of geologist Murray Stuart, Geological Survey of India, who collected holotype
Exostoma tenuicaudatum Tamang, Sinha & Gurumayum 2015 tenuis (L.), slender; caudatum (L.), tailed, referring to slender caudal peduncle [originally spelled tenuicaudata, emended to agree with neuter genus]
Exostoma tibetanum Gong, Lin, Liu & Liu 2018 –anum (L.), belonging to: Tibet, where it is endemic [originally spelled tibetana, emended to agree with neuter genus]
Exostoma vinciguerrae Regan 1905 in honor of Italian physician-ichthyologist Decio Vinciguerra (1856–1934), who recognized this species as a unique form of E. labiatum in 1890 but did not name it [although named after a man, “ae” is, per Latin grammar, an acceptable way to form a genitive from nouns that end in “a”]
Glaridoglanis Norman 1925 glarídos (Gr. γλαρίδος), genitive of glarís (γλαρίς), chisel (tool), allusion not explained, presumably referring to truncate or notched teeth of G. andersonii; glanis, ancient name for a silurid catfish (probably Silurus aristotelis) dating to Aristotle, often used as a general term for catfish
Glaridoglanis andersonii (Day 1870) in honor of John Anderson (1833–1900), Scottish zoologist and anatomist, who “presented” holotype to the Calcutta Museum
Glaridoglanis ramosa Ng & Kottelat 2022 Latin for having many branches, referring to higher number of branched pectoral-fin rays compared with G. andersonii
Glyptosternon McClelland 1842 glyptós (Gr. γλυπτός), engraved; stérnon (Gr. στέρνον), breast or chest (especially of men), allusion not explained, probably referring to transverse grooves striations on pectoral and ventral fins (not mentioned in description) that form an adhesive surface
Glyptosternon akhtari Silas 1952 in honor of Afghan botanist Kazmi Sayed Ali Akhtar (1899–?), University of Kabul, for the Afghan fishes he collected for Hora “from time to time”
Glyptosternon maculatum (Regan 1905) Latin for spotted, referring to numerous irregular dark spots on olivaceous body
Glyptosternon oschanini (Herzenstein 1889) in honor of Russian entomologist Vasili Fedorovich Oschanin (1844–1917), who collected part of type series and provided notes of its behavior in the aquarium (it jumped out twice)
Glyptosternon reticulatum McClelland 1842 Latin for net-like or netted, allusion not explained, probably referring to reticulate color pattern (not mentioned in description)
Myersglanis Hora & Silas 1952 Myers, named for American ichthyologist George S. Myers (1905–1985), Stanford University, who examined the nomenclatural position of Glyptothorax and Glyptosternum in 1931; glanis, ancient name for a silurid catfish (probably Silurus aristotelis) dating to Aristotle, often used as a general term for catfish
Myersglanis blythii (Day 1870) patronym not identified but clearly in honor of English zoologist Edward Blyth (1810–1873), curator, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, who described several sisorid taxa
Myersglanis jayarami Vishwanath & Kosygin 1999 in honor of Indian ichthyologist Kottore Chidambaram Jayaram (1926–2011), Zoological Survey of India, who encouraged the authors in this description and provided relevant literature
Oreoglanis Smith 1933 óreos (Gr. ὄρεος), genitive of óros (ὄρος), mountain or hill, referring to cold-stream habitat of O. siamenis on the “highest mountain of Siam”; glanis, ancient name for a silurid catfish (probably Silurus aristotelis) dating to Aristotle, often used as a general term for catfish
Oreoglanis brevicula Ng & Kottelat 2024 Latin for somewhat short, referring to its relatively short pectoral fin and caudal peduncle compared with many congeners
Oreoglanis colurus Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & Ng 2009 from kólouros (Gr. κόλουρος), bob- or stump-tailed (an adjective but apparently treated as a noun), referring to its short caudal peduncle
Oreoglanis delacouri (Pellegrin 1936) in honor of French-American ornithologist Jean Theodore Delacour (1890–1985), who collected holotype
Oreoglanis frenata Ng & Rainboth 2001 Latin for bridled or restrained, referring to confluent (or “restrained”) adipose and caudal fins
Oreoglanis heteropogon Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & Ng 2009 héteros (Gr. ἕτερος), different; pṓgōn (Gr. πώγων), beard, being the only known congener from the Salween River drainage bearing a maxillary barbel with a pointed tip
Oreoglanis hponkanensis Chen, Qin & Chen 2017 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Hponkanrazi Wildlife Sanctuary, Kachin state, Myanmar, type locality
Oreoglanis hypsiura Ng & Kottelat 1999 high-tailed, from hypsēlós (Gr. ὑψηλός), high, and ourá (Gr. οὐρά), tail, referring to relatively deeper caudal peduncle compared to O. delacouri [originally spelled hypsiurus but emended by the second author to agree with feminine genus]
Oreoglanis immaculata Kong, Chen & Yang 2007 im-, from in (L.), not; maculata, spotted, referring to absence of light-yellow patches below adipose fin (an otherwise common feature in the genus)
Oreoglanis infulata Ng & Freyhof 2001 Latin for “adorned with the infula” (in the Christian church, either of the two ribbons on a bishop’s miter), i.e., banded, referring to dark band on anal fin
Oreoglanis insignis Ng & Rainboth 2001 Latin for distinguished by marks, referring to numerous pale-colored patches on its body
Oreoglanis jingdongensis Kong, Chen & Yang 2007 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Jingdong Country, Yunnan Province, China, type locality
Oreoglanis laciniosa Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & Ng 2009 Latin for indented or jagged (authors say “cut according to a pattern”), referring to lobulate posterior margin of lower lip [originally spelled laciniosus, emended to agree with feminine genus]
Oreoglanis lepturus Ng & Rainboth 2001 leptós (Gr. λεπτός), fine or thin; urus, from ourá (Gr. οὐρά), tail, referring to relatively long and slender caudal peduncle [proposed as a noun in apposition]
Oreoglanis macronemus Ng 2004 macro-, from makrós (Gr. μακρός), long or large; nemus, unnecessary masculinization of nḗma (Gr. νῆμα), thread or yarn, referring to its long nasal barbels
Oreoglanis macroptera (Vinciguerra 1890) macro-, from makrós (Gr. μακρός), long or large; ptera, from pterón (Gr. πτερόν) or ptéryx (πτέρυξ), fin, referring to its large pectoral fins, which extend far beyond belly and dorsal-fin base
Oreoglanis majusculus Linthoingambi & Vishwanath 2011 Latin for somewhat greater, referring to its large paired fins
Oreoglanis nakasathiani Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & Ng 2009 in honor of the late Seub Nakasathian (1949–1990), wildlife biologist who devoted his life to research and awareness leading to the conservation and management of the Western Forest Complex in Thailand
Oreoglanis omkoiensis Suvarnaraksha 2020 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Omkoi Subdistrict, Omkoi District, Chiangmai Province, Thailand, where type locality (a highland stream) is situated [originally spelled omkoiense, emended to agree with feminine genus]
Oreoglanis pangenensis Sinha & Tamang 2015 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Pange River, Arunachal Pradesh, India, type locality
Oreoglanis setigera Ng & Rainboth 2001 seta or saeta (L.), hair or bristle; –igera (L.), to have or bear, i.e., bristly, referring to laciniate posterior margin of maxillary barbels [originally spelled setiger, emended to agree with feminine genus]
Oreoglanis siamensis Smith 1933 –ensis, suffix denoting place: Siam, or Thailand, where it is endemic to the Chao Phraya River basin
Oreoglanis sudarai Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & Ng 2009 in honor of the late Surapol Sudara (1939–2003), Thai marine biologist, who was prominent in raising awareness of the conservation of aquatic environments in Thailand
Oreoglanis suraswadii Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & Ng 2009 in honor of Plodprasop Suraswadi (b. 1945), former Director General of the Department of Fisheries, Thailand, who initiated the fisheries development and conservation program at the type locality (Doi Tung Royal Project Area, Chiang Rai province)
Oreoglanis tenuicauda Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & Ng 2009 tenuis, Latin for thin or slender; cauda (L.), tail, referring to slenderer appearance of caudal peduncle compared with congeners in the Nan River drainage of Thailand
Oreoglanis vicina Vidthayanon, Saenjundaeng & Ng 2009 Latin for neighboring, referring to close proximity of distribution it shares with O. colurus and O. tenuicauda [originally spelled vicinus but emended to agree with feminine genus]
Parachiloglanis Wu, He & Chu 1981 pará (Gr. παρά), near; chiloglanis, perhaps an abridgement of Euchiloglanis (=Chimarrichthys), in which type species had been placed (name could also refer to similar mouth/lip structure with the African mochokid genus Chiloglanis)
Parachiloglanis benjii Thoni & Gurung 2018 in honor of Dasho Paljor Jigme Dorji, “fondly known” in Bhutan as Dasho Benji, environmentalist, judge and diplomat, a “long-standing advocate for the protection of nature” in Bhutan (where this catfish is endemic)
Parachiloglanis bhutanensis Thoni & Gurung 2014 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Bhutan, the first fish species scientifically described from within that country
Parachiloglanis dangmechhuensis Thoni & Gurung 2018 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Dangmechhu River, Bhutan, type locality
Parachiloglanis drukyulensis Thoni & Gurung 2018 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Drukyul, “the land of the Thunder Dragon,” official (non-English) name of Bhutan (where this catfish is endemic), celebrating the country’s “commitment to conservation, sustainable development, and the preservation of nature”; this species “exhibits the beauty and wonder of its country, and its discovery, amongst other species, is a beacon of the scientific progress that has taken place as a result of this commitment”
Parachiloglanis hodgarti (Hora 1923) patronym not identified but almost certainly in honor of Richard Arthur Hodgart (1883–?), Zoological Collector, Zoological Survey of India
Parachiloglanis immaculatus Chen & He 2024 im-, from in (L.), not; maculatus (L.), spotted, referring to absence of a conspicuous blotch, spot, or stripe on its body and fins [originally spelled immaculata; emended to agree with masculine genus]
Pareuchiloglanis Pellegrin 1936 pará (Gr. παρά), near, referring to similarity to Euchiloglanis (=Chimmarichthys)
Pareuchiloglanis brevicaudata Nguyen 2006 brevis (L.), short; caudata (L.), tailed, referring to shorter caudal peduncle compared with P. songmaensis (=Sineuchiloglanis nebulifera) [species inquirenda, provisionally included here; originally spelled brevicaudatus, emended to agree with feminine genus]
Pareuchiloglanis dorsoarcus (Nguyen 2006) dorso-, from dorsalis (L.), of the back; arcus, (L.), bow or arch, referring to curved dorsal profile [species inquirenda, provisionally included here]
Pareuchiloglanis namdeensis Nguyen 2006 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Nâm Dê (creek), Da River system, Phong Thô, Lai Châu, Vietnam, type locality [species inquirenda, provisionally included here]
Pareuchiloglanis phongthoensis (Nguyen 2006) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Phong Thô, Lai Châu, Vietnam, type locality [species inquirenda, provisionally included here]
Pareuchiloglanis poilanei Pellegrin 1936 in honor of French botanist Eugene Polaine (1887–1964), Paris Herbarium, who collected holotype
Pareuchiloglanis songdaensis Nguyen & Nguyen 2001 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Song Da (Da River), Muong Te District, Lai Chau Province, Vietnam, type locality [species inquirenda, provisionally included here]
Pareuchiloglanis tamduongensis Nguyen 2006 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Tam Duong, Phong Thô, Lai Châu, Vietnam, type locality [species inquirenda, provisionally included here]
Pseudecheneis Blyth 1860 pseudo-, from pseúdēs (Gr. ψεύδης), false; Echeneis, genus of sharksuckers or remoras, referring to oval disk on breast between pectoral fins, similar to the transverse plates found on Echeneis, thus making it a “false remora”
Pseudecheneis brachyura Zhou, Li & Yang 2008 short-tailed, from brachýs (Gr. βραχύς), short, and ourá (Gr. οὐρά), tail, “bobtail,” according to authors, referring to its “dumpier” caudal peduncle compared with P. gracilis and P. stenura, which occur in the same river system [originally spelled brachyurus, emended to agree with feminine genus]
Pseudecheneis crassicauda Ng & Edds 2005 crassus (L.), thick; cauda (L.), tail, referring to its deep caudal peduncle [authors use name as an adjective, in which case preferred spelling would have been crassicaudata]
Pseudecheneis eddsi Ng 2006 in honor of ichthyologist and aquatic ecologist David Edds (b. 1954), Emporia State University (Kansas, USA), for collecting part of the type series and for his work on Nepalese fishes
Pseudecheneis gracilis Zhou, Li & Yang 2008 Latin for thin or slender, referring to “elongate and tenuous” body
Pseudecheneis immaculata Chu 1982 im– (L.), not; maculata (L.), spotted, referring to lack of spots or patches on body [originally spelled immaculatus, emended to agree with feminine genus]
Pseudecheneis koladynae Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2010 of the Koladyne River, Mizoram State, India, type locality
Pseudecheneis longipectoralis Zhou, Li & Yang 2008 longus (L.), long; pectoralis (l.), pectoral, referring to longer pectoral fin (reaching pelvic-fin base) compared with P. sulcata and P. crassicauda
Pseudecheneis maurus Ng & Tan 2007 from maurós (Gr. μαυρός), dark (but treated as a noun), referring to absence of distinct pale spots on body
Pseudecheneis nagalandensis Shangningam & Kosygin 2020 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Nagaland, India, where type locality (Tizu River at Sohomi, Chindwin River basin) is situated
Pseudecheneis paucipunctata Zhou, Li & Yang 2008 paucus (L.), few or scanty; punctata (L.), spotted, referring to yellow spots and patches on some parts of the body but not others (occipital and posttemporal) [originally spelled paucipunctatus, emended to agree with feminine genus]
Pseudecheneis paviei Vaillant 1892 in honor of Auguste Jean-Marie Pavie (1847–1925), French colonial civil servant and diplomat, who collected holotype
Pseudecheneis serracula Ng & Edds 2005 unnecessary feminization of serraculum (L.), rudder, referring to its large adipose fin
Pseudecheneis sirenica Vishwanath & Darshan 2007 –ica (L.), belonging to: Siren River, Brahmaputra basin, India, type locality
Pseudecheneis stenura Ng 2006 sténos (Gr. στένος), narrow; ourá (Gr. οὐρά), tail, referring to its extremely narrow caudal peduncle
Pseudecheneis sulcatoides Zhou & Chu 1992 –oides, Neo-Latin from eī́dos (Gr. εἶδος), form or shape: referring to its resemblance to (and previous misidentification as) P. sulcata
Pseudecheneis sulcata (McClelland 1842) Latin for furrowed or grooved, probably referring to oval adhesive disk on breast, “composed of transverse plates”
Pseudecheneis suppaetula Ng 2006 Latin for squinting somewhat, referring to its small eye (8.1–8.3% SL)
Pseudecheneis sympelvica Roberts 1998 sym (Gr. συμ), together or joined; pelvica (L), pelvic, referring to pelvic fins united medially for their entire length, except for a small notch distally (vs. widely separated to base in congeners) [originally spelled sympelvicus, emended to agree with feminine genus]
Pseudecheneis tchangi (Hora 1937) in honor of Chinese ichthyologist Tchunlin (or Tchung-Lin) Tchang (1897–1963), Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, who discovered and illustrated this species in 1936 but reported it as P. sulcata
Pseudecheneis ukhrulensis Vishwanath & Darshan 2007 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Ukhrul District, Manipur, India, where type locality (Momo stream, Tusom Christian Village) is situated
Pseudexostoma Chu 1979 pseudo-, from pseúdēs (Gr. ψεύδης), false, allusion not explained, possibly referring to occasional placement of P. yunnanense in (and presumed similarity to) Exostoma
Pseudexostoma brachysoma Chu 1979 brachýs (Gr. βραχύς), short; sṓma (Gr. σῶμα), body, proposed as a subspecies of P. yunnanense with a shorter body
Pseudexostoma yunnanense (Tchang 1935) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Yunnan Province, China, where it is endemic to the Irrawaddy River drainage
Sineuchiloglanis Li, Dao & Zhou 2022 Sin-, from Sinica (China), referring to most of the species occurring in China; Euchiloglanis (=Chimarrichthys), a generic name used for a group of Glyptosterninae
Sineuchiloglanis anteanalis (Fang, Xu & Cui 1984) ante (L.), before; analis (L.), anal, referring to anterior placement of anal fin, beginning closer to ventral-fin origin than to caudal-fin base
Sineuchiloglanis chui (Li, Dao & Zhou 2020) in honor of Chinese ichthyologist Chu Xin-Luo, Kunming Institute of Zoology, for his “great” contribution to the taxonomy of the Sisoridae
Sineuchiloglanis gracilicaudata (Wu & Chen 1979) gracilis (L.), thin or slender; caudata (L.), tailed, “quite easily distinguished from other fishes of Euchiloglanis [original genus] by its slender caudal peduncle, its length being more than 5 times its depth”
Sineuchiloglanis hupingshanensis (Kang, Chen & He 2016) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Hunan Hupingshan National Nature Reserve, Shimen County, Hunan Province, China, type locality
Sineuchiloglanis myzostoma (Norman 1923) mýzō (Gr. μύζω) to suck; stóma (Gr. στόμα), mouth, presumably referring to its thick, fleshy, papillated lips (which, despite the name, do not help the fish cling to rocks in swift water)
Sineuchiloglanis nebulifera (Ng & Kottelat 2000) nebula (L.), cloud; fera (L.), carrying or bearing, referring to cream patches on dorsal surface
Sineuchiloglanis prolixdorsalis (Li, Zhou, Thomson, Zhang & Yang 2007) prolixus, extended; dorsalis, dorsal, referring to longer distance from end of dorsal-fin base to origin of adipose fin, distinguished from Tremeuchiloglanis abbreviata in the same river system
Sineuchiloglanis robusta (Ding, Fu & Ye 1991) Latin for of oak or oaken and, by extension, hard, firm or solid (but often used by ichthyologists to mean fat or stout), presumably referring to its “elongate, stout” (translation) body shape
Sineuchiloglanis sichuanensis (Ding, Fu & Ye 1991) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Sichuan Province, China, where it is endemic to the Yangtze River basin
Tremeuchiloglanis Li, Dao & Zhou 2022 trḗma (Gr. τρῆμα), hole or opening, referring to larger gill opening compared with Chimarrichthys, Creteuchiloglanis and Pareuchiloglanis; Euchiloglanis (=Chimarrichthys), a generic name used for a group of Glyptosterninae
Tremeuchiloglanis abbreviata (Li, Zhou, Thomson, Zhang & Yang 2007) Latin for shortened, referring to its shorter abdominal region compared with congeners
Tremeuchiloglanis arcuata (Dao, Li, Yang & Zhou 2020) Latin for bowed or arched, referring to shape of body as seen from the side
Tremeuchiloglanis longicauda (Yue 1981) longus (L.), long; cauda (L.), tail, referring to longer caudal peduncle compared with T. macrotrema and T. sinensis
Tremeuchiloglanis macrotrema (Norman 1925) macro-, from makrós (Gr. μακρός), long or large; trḗma (Gr. τρῆμα), hole, referring to larger gill opening compared with Barbeuchiloglanis feae, its presumed congener at the time
Tremeuchiloglanis posteranalis (Dao, Li, Yang & Zhou 2020) posterior (L.), coming after; analis (L.), anal, referring to anal-fin origin near caudal-fin base
Tremeuchiloglanis rhabdura (Ng 2004) rod-tailed, from rhábdos (Gr. ῥάβδος), rod, and ourá (Gr. οὐρά), tail, referring to its slender caudal peduncle
Tremeuchiloglanis salicesbarba (Dao, Li, Yang & Zhou 2020) salices, from Salix, willow tree genus; barba (L.), beard, referring to maxillary barbels resembling the tip of a Salix leaf
Tremeuchiloglanis sinensis (Hora & Silas 1952) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Sinica (China), where it is endemic to the middle and upper Zhujiang (Pearl) River basin